Vivo V7 24MP All Screen Phone Present celebratory University of Santo Tomas Paskuhan

Vivo, a top 5 global smartphone brand with over 200 million users globally and is a known smartphone popular among the young and hip crowd is also the name behind one of the industry’s firsts’ 24MP selfie-centric phones V7+ and V7.  The Vivo Campus Invasion leveled up this holiday season with a festive and lighthearted Paskuhan at the University of Santo Tomas (UST).

The Vivo Campus Invasion is mounted in various colleges and universities in and out of Manila in an effort to promote the Vivo brand and its smartphone products and to reach out to the younger, with celebrity bands and exciting activities on tow. The Vivo Campus Invasion has, so far, visited 21 schools this year with more than 60,000 students involved and more than 3,000 students who have become Vivo Club ambassadors. The universities and colleges toured were: University of the East-Caloocan, Philippine School of Business Administration, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Technological Institute of the Philippines, Jose Rizal University, Arellano University-Manila, Arellano University-Malabon, De La Salle-Araneta University, Bulacan State University in Malolos, Far Eastern University, National University, and many more. The Vivo Campus Invasion has brought in talents to perform for the students: Silent Sanctuary, Callalily, SUD, Miro Valera, Spongecola, Paraluman, and many other local musicians.

Students from the Lyceum University of the Philippines enjoy the live music at the Vivo Campus Invasion

This year, Vivo is the co-presenter of the UST Paskuhan celebration. Held last December 20, an estimated 60,000 Thomasians and guests gathered together at the UST Grandstand. Silent Sanctuary, Ben and Ben, Miro Valera and Callalily wowed the crowd with their performances.  Moderate rain was experienced during the performance of Callalily and during the fireworks display, but judging from how the crowd chose to syat out despite the showers only shows that nothing will beat the passion of Thomasian students for the annual Paskuhan. Vivo also invades the streets of Dapitan near Espana to bring more Christmas fun and cheers where Urbandub and Silent Sanctuary performed during the after-Paskuhan party.   

Kean Cipriano serenades Thomasians with one of his band’s hits at the Paskuhan

Ben and Ben’s performance invites various emotions from the crowd

Crowds sing along during the Ben and Ben performance

Following the success of the Vivo Campus Invasion 2017, expect another installment of this cool school tours in 2018.

For inquiries about Vivo, visit the Vivo website at www.vivo.com/ph or check out their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/VivoPhil), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vivophil/), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/vivo_phil) accounts.

Photo courtesy of University of Santo Tomas Central Student Council.

GMA Network kicks off 2018 with GMA ONE Online Exclusives

Millennials are in for a wonderful surprise this 2018 as GMA Network unveils three online exclusive shows bannered by Atom Araullo, Gabbi Garcia, and Joseph Morong.

Beginning January 1, netizens will be able to watch GMA ONE Online Exclusives on GMA’s Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/gmanetwork) featuring not just one, but three shows: “Adulting with Atom Araullo”, “#Goals with Gabbi Garcia”, and “Fact or Fake with Joseph Morong”.

In “Adulting with Atom Araullo”, the new GMA Public Affairs host joins millennials in their journey towards adulthood. Atom gives netizens a peek at his everyday struggles as he faces the responsibilities of being on his own, and living on a budget. And yes, Atom also shares tips on love: how does one go through courtship and online dating?

“We hope to talk about the different challenges we face as we enter the adult world,” says Atom in an interview. “Nobody teaches us these kinds of things. Sometimes we're lucky to have friends or family to help us get into it painlessly but for the most part, nangangapa tayo sa ganiyan. Everything from finding your own place, budgeting your money, making career decisions, personal relationships, or taxes, things like these. I feel like a lot of people can relate to these challenges,” he added. 

Meanwhile, get inspired by Millennial It Girl Gabbi Garcia’s videos as she shares her personal objectives in “#Goals with Gabbi Garcia”. A show that will definitely tickle the fancy of the kikays out there, “#Goals with Gabbi Garcia” sees Gabbi exploring her goals in beauty, style, makeup, travel, and music.

“We're in a new age now where millennials appreciate digital content, they're really into social media,” says Gabbi. “The show is very relatable to the youth because in #Goals, we will talk about makeup tutorials, new trends, how a typical teenager lives her life”.

Kapuso reporter Joseph Morong, on the other hand, debunks false news items in“Fact or Fake with Joseph Morong”. As more news sources are available online, Joseph will try to help millennials spot fake news.

“Fact or Fake’ goes back to one of the tenets of journalism which is fact-checking,” Joseph explains. “In the program, we’re going to define what fake news is as opposed to mistakes, misinformation, and disinformation. Bottom line is, we want to emphasize that in our society where there’s an overflow of information, it is important to be discerning.”

Don’t miss GMA ONE Online Exclusives: “Adulting with Atom Araullo”, “#Goals with Gabbi Garcia”, and “Fact or Fake with Joseph Morong” starting January 1, via GMA Network's official YouTube account (www.youtube.com/gmanetwork) with new episodes uploaded every Monday at 5 p.m. 

Jennylyn Mercado on Awards, Box Office, and Commitment

  

They say that commitment is one of the major factor for a relationship to last long and that's what the movie All of You is all about, Commitment.The story revolves between the characters of Gab and Gabby played by Derek Ramsay and Jennylyn Mercado who met each other thru a dating app their relationship lasted years, but on the third year of their relationship both of them fell out of love with each other as both of them can't commit anymore to their relationship because they both have irreconcilable differences that hinders their relationship.  

 

In real life how important commitment is for Jennylyn Mercado? 

For Jennylyn commitment is about giving all of yourself to the relationship and by that you will know the character of the person you're with, "Kasi kapag committed ka diba ibibigay mo ng buong buo, so kasama na lahat dun yung trust, yung pagmamahal, dun mo makikita yung character nung tao" Jennylyn said.

On winning her third Best Actress Award and Box Office Hit for All Of You. 

This year it's no surprise that once again Jen is one of the front runners in the Best Actress category where she won a back to back plum back in 2014 for English Only Please and in 2015 for Walang Forever, when asked if she is expecting to win the award again? Jennylyn answered "Walang expectations na naganap kahit na nung mga nakaraan na taon, masaya na kami na lumabas ng sinehan yung mga tao (na) ngumiti sila, sumaya sila, kinilig sila, umiyak sila kasabay namin, dun palang okay na kami."

Jennylyn Mercado reunites with Derek Ramsay and Dan Villegas in the official entry of Quantum Films to the 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival starting this December 25! Witness another hugot movie that you will surely relate to this holiday season.

#TheRevengerSquad: The Other Side Of Vice Ganda.

They say that most of the best comedians in the world are those who went through the toughest challenges in life and that doesn’t spare one of the country’s prime comedian Vice Ganda.

Born Jose Marie Viceral or more popularly known as Vice Ganda, he started from scratch in the showbiz industry, from joining amateur singing contests in the city of Manila where he grew up, to becoming a standup comedian in comedy bars in Quezon City now he is the undisputed Unkabogable Box Office Star for six years.

As fame grew for the Unkabogable Comedian his time for his family got compromised, in a question thrown at him from the recent blogcon for the movie The Revenger Squad regarding what does he want to receive this Christmas, an emotional Vice Ganda answered that he wants additional time, time for his mother, for his family and loved ones because of his status of living today he can get any material things in this world “Pero ang masakit lang kahit gaano karami ng pera mo hindi ka makakabili ng oras” Vice said.

When Vice was asked what was the best thing that happened this 2017, the comedian happily shared that it was when he and his mother went for a vacation in South Korea, he was even ecstatic while sharing that it was one of their best trip as they both enjoyed the trip and bonded really well throughout the trip

“Ang sarap sarap sa pakiramdam na kasama kong tumatawa yung nanay ko” Vice said. Since most of his time he is making other people laugh and make other people happy this time it was his own mother that he made happy “ Kaya that moment na kasama ko yung Nanay ko mahalagang mahalaga sa akin yon at hangang ngayon klarong klaro sa utak ko at pinapasaya pa din nya ako”.

Well I believe we are all like Vice Ganda, we strive for success to make our parents happy and comfortable in life as they grow old, but at the end of the day it’s not just the material things that will make our Mothers and Fathers happy the fact that they are seeing us in good shape, stable, and taking care of them I guess that will make them even happier.

 

Anyway, Vice Ganda is back in the Metro Manila Film Festival this year! He is about to bring the laughter we missed every December in The Revenger Squad and now he is with the Box Office King Daniel Padilla and Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach this will again fill our Christmas with laughter and good vibes!     

Jameson Blake: The Rise of the Regal Prince

From being a simple housemate in the Pinoy Big Brother 737 edition back in 2015, Jameson Blake has gone farther from being one of the "It" boys in showbiz to becoming the new Prince of Indie Films, Jameson has proven that he is not just a pretty face, but also he is one of the talented guys that gave him a place in this industry.

After his successful debut movie "2Cool 2Be 4Gotten" at the Cinemaone Originals in 2016 where he won as the Best Supporting Actor, Jameson has been one of the in demand actors, both in TV and Movies and was paired to different leading ladies showing how versatile an actor he is. 

Haunted Forest 

This 2017 aside from several TV Projects, Jameson is set to headline his biggest movie so far as he stars along with Jane Oineza, Maris Racal, and Jon Lucas in the official entry of Regal Films "Haunted Forest" directed by Ian Lorenos. 

RJ is the role that Jameson is playing in the movie opposite with Jane Oineza who plays the lead role Nica. Jameson and Jane fans call them "Janeson" well this is not the first time that Jameson will have a love team as he was already paired with Julia Barretto and Loisa Andalio but none of the two pushed through. 

When asked about being paired with different leading ladies Jameson said "Well, it's a good exercise for me, I get to work with different people, I can expand my craft and maximize it and learn more," adding to that, he said "Different leading ladies they all have different techniques and strategies I could learn more from them". 

So Connected

Aside from Haunted Forest, Jameson is currently working on his first movie with Janella Salvador entitled "So Connected" that is directed by Jason Paul Laxamana and it is set to be shown second quarter of 2018. 

Jameson admitted that Janella is her long time crush and working with her in that movie is a dream come true and when asked who among his leading ladies he felt they got a chemistry Jameson quickly answered it was Janella, "We don't really have to work on it (Chemistry) it just comes out naturally"   

Janella is well associated with Elmo Magalona and they already gained a huge number of following from the ElNella fans and in fact they also have a movie this February 14 which is "My Fairytail Love Story" and because of that, there were fans that doesn't welcome the idea of the Janella-Jameson team up, but the young actor said that he doesn't have any plans on getting his nose on the love team of Janella and Elmo and he says that he doesn't mind what other people has to say because at the end of the day people specially fans will have something to say over them.

Mama's Girl


Before the So Connected, Jameson is also set to play as the third wheel in Regal Entertainment's opening salvo for 2017 which is Mama's Girl starring Sylvia Sanchez, which he worked with in "Nay" last Cinemaone Originals 2017 and Sofia Andres.

Jameson plays the third wheel between Sofia Andres and Diego Loyzaga in this movie that is set to come January of 2018! Jameson is also set to work with Sue Ramirez in Idea First's Ang Babaeng Allergic Sa Wifi and also a teleserye with Joshua Garcia and Julia Barretto entitled "Nostalgia" is in the works.

2017 was a success for Jameson Blake, from movies, teleseryes, endorsements, and the continuous success of their group Hashtags is still inevitable as they are still growing and becoming the most in demand boy group in showbizness today.

Well the Regal Prince is set to reign on the big screen starting this December 25 at the Metro Manila Film Festival, starring along with the Princess of Horror Jane Oineza, Jon Lucas, and Maris Racla, written by Jeps Gallon and directed by Ian Lorenos from the studio that brought you the most successful horror movie franchise in Philippine Cinema, Regal Entertainment.

BoybandPH celebrates first anniversary in a Vivo All Screen Experience Mall Tour

Well-loved Filipino all-male group BoybandPH recently celebrated the first anniversary of their official establishment as a band last December 9, a Sunday, at the Vivo All Screen Experience Mall Tour in Starmall Alabang.

BoybandPH is composed of Russel Reyes, Niel Murillo, Ford Valencia, Tristan Ramirez, and Joao Constancia, five talented young men who pursued their dreams and became the first winner of the musical reality show in ABS-CBN, the “Pinoy Boyband Superstar” December last year. 

BoybandPH has since then earned huge projects and endorsements including an offer to be part of the Vivo Family as the brand’s influencer. BoybandPH was officially unveiled as a Vivo influencer in September during the grand launch of the Vivo V7+.

BoybandPH, as the Vivo’s influencer, has flown to Bacolod to lead the brand’s mall tour and press conference. When asked what their favorite part of the tour was in the City of Smiles, the band was unanimous in saying that it was the Bacolodian food that they enjoyed the most. 

BoybandPH released their self-titled debut album early this year featuring their hit single “Unli”. As a gift for the first 300 Vivo V7 | V7+ users, BoybandPH’s album will be given to them as an exclusive, limited gift from Vivo.

For inquiries about Vivo, visit the Vivo website at www.vivo.com/ph or check out their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/VivoPhil), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vivophil/), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/vivo_phil) accounts

Ang Larawan

From the masterpiece of National Artist  for Literature, Nick Joaquin and Screenplay by National Artist  for Theatre and Literature. Rolando S. Tinio comes the stage play masterpiece that is now adapted as a musical-romance-drama movie coming to you this Metro Manila Film Festival 2017. 

In 1997, Musical Theater Philippines (now Culturtain Musicat Productions Inc. ) headed by singer Celeste Legaspi and talent manager/producer Girlie Rodis staged Larawan, the first musical rendition of Joaquin’s great play, at the CCP. The elegaic play was transformed into a musical with a libretto written by National Artist for Theater Rolando Tinio and music created by iconic original Filipino music composer Ryan Cayabyab.

"Ang Larawan" stars Rachel Alejandro, Joana Ampil, and Paulo Avelino along with premiere theater  and character actors and performers in the country such as Aicelle Santos, Sandino Martin, Cris Villonco, Nonie Buencamino, Robert Arevalo, Menchu Lauchenco. Rayver Cruz, Dulce, Jaime Fabregas, Nanette Inventor. Bernardo Bernardo, Noel Trinidad, and with a special perticipation in the movie ZsaZsa Padilla, Celeste Legaspi, and Ogie Alcasid. 

This story set before World War II in Intramuros tells of the plight of sisters Candida and Paula Marasigan, daughters of high-profile painter Don Lorenzo Marasigan.

Since Don Lorenzo has not produced a single painting for a long time, the family is in financial trouble. The unmarried sisters have had to rely on their seemingly more successful brother Manolo and sister Pepang. Their siblings urge Candida and Paula to sell the house.

To have a source of income, the sisters take in a boarder, Tony Javier. Meanwhile, Don Lorenzo becomes a recluse. The painter’s self-portrait fetches a high sum as it attracts the curiosity of many individuals which include pretentious art critics, bonafide journalist and family friend Bitoy Camacho, Senator Perico who asks the sisters to donate the portrait to the government and Tony who tries to convince Candida and Paula to sell it to an American.

Larawan is an ode to the passing of the world of truth and beauty and a celebration of the tenacity of the spirit amidst the rise of materialism and consumerism.

Siargao

Ten17  takes you to the surfing capital of the Philippines this Christmas day as "Siargao" premieres its majestic beauty of the province and the unlikely love story that is in store on the movie not just surfing and the beautiful sea. "Siargao" stars Erich Gonzales, Jericho Rosales and Jasmine Curtis, directed by Paul Soriano.

Fresh from a breakup caused by her fear of settling down, video blogger LAURA (Erich Gonzales) embarks on a solo trip to Siargao hoping to move on and find a new adventure. Here she meets rock singer DIEGO (Jericho Rosales) who is caught between uncertainties of the future and baggages of the past. This fateful encounter stirs up what local entrepreneur ABI (Jasmine Curtis-Smith) thought were long lost feelings for a long lost love, i.e. Diego.

In this unlikely triangle, is there room for second chances? Or should they move on to something(one) new?

Reasons why Vivo V7+ all screen phone make the best Christmas gift

With the holiday season just around the corner, people have been hunting for a good Christmas buy for presents. Phone presents have been a huge hit since the advent of advanced telecommunications and phone brands have been competing for the spotlight in a Christmas shopper’s list.

Vivo’s premium smartphone the V7+ does not disappoint despite an affordable price tag attached to it. This latest pride in Vivo packs in all the top of the line features which is at par with the smartphone industry’s best of the best.

Perfect shots anytime, anywhere with the 24MP front-facing camera

Known as a selfie-centric phone, the V7+ perfects all shots for clearer selfies with its 24MP front-facing camera and a 16MP rear-facing camera—one of the industry’s firsts. With the V7+ 24MP front-facing camera photos come out clear-cut, crisp, and natural-looking. Likewise, the 16MP rear camera, with its 64MP UHD that can produce detailed quality photos, blurred shots are a thing of the past. Night shots using the camera’s professional mode make photos come out are perfectly clear.

Moreover, the V7+ offers a face beauty feature for Vivo calls, so anyone is always ready to take a video call anytime, any day. When in a dimly-lit environment, Selfie Softlight goes to work offering soft but flattering illumination.

                

24 MP front camera for holiday get-togethers come out great with the all-screen display, framing the photo perfectly

Vivo V7+ does an awesome job with selfies. With the Bokeh mode, selfie photos come out with a tinge of creativity. Backgrounds are blurred to emphasize the main subject of the photo

Augmented visual experience with the all-screen display

Smartphone fans are raving about the V7+’s 5.99” all-screen display with its 84.4% screen to body ratio, providing a more exciting and enhanced game and visual experience. You can maximize the whole screen even more with the option to remove navigation buttons completely simply with the slide of a finger and enjoy a 12.5% viewing area.

                

V7+ brings smart in smartphone with its leading-edge Face ID feature

A smart phone indeed, the V7+ would “wake up” within 0.1 second with the Face ID feature with the user merely picking up the phone and raising it in portrait mode to unlock and it is ready to go. Ultra secure, the Face ID feature employs 106 facial points to avoid other facial recognition.

Enjoy an action-packed game experience

The V7+ rocks the latest OS. Heavy game players can benefit from the V7+ as it packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon Octacore processor, making playing of heavy games enjoyable and smooth-running. The V7+ 4GB ROM allows user to multi-task, open multipole applications without the worry of lagging and with the special Game Mode feature, disturbing the current game play with app notifications is never a problem. The Game Mode of the phone also allows for uninterrupted game play while taking a phone call at the same time. The all-screen display of the V7+ makes the visual experience while playing games truly optimal.

      

Vivo’s V7+ rocks all the outstanding features. However, in terms of quality anchored to affordability, the Vivo V7+ definitely wins. A price that is easy on the pocket and specs that hit the ceiling in terms of quality and performance, the Vivo V7+ is a surefire hit amongst gift-givers and gift-receivers.

About Vivo

A young global smartphone brand focusing on introducing perfect sound quality and ultimate photography with cutting-edge technology, Vivo develops dynamic and stylish products for passionate young people. Vivo makes stylish smartphones with cutting-edge technology accessible to young people and professionals around the world. We now have close to two hundred million users to date and is one of the preferred brands of young people around the world.

According to Counterpoint’s latest research, Vivo was the fifth largest smartphone brand globally in 3Q 2017, capturing a market share of 7.1%. Out of the top 5, Vivo observed the highest year-over-year growth of 32% in global shipments.

For inquiries about Vivo, visit the Vivo website at www.vivo.com/ph or check out their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/VivoPhil), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vivophil/), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/vivo_phil) accounts.

NOVUHAIR turns favor with Holiday bash promo

So you’ve got your festive outfit set and the fancy gift wrapped for your “monito” or “monita”. All
that’s left undone is a party season-perfect hairstyle. 

The fresh out of the shower look can be seductive yet temporary. Blame it to tropical climate, it
can spoil your appearance, besides making you feel sweaty and stale. The heat and humidity
brought about by extreme weather condition, likewise, dries out the locks easily and make it
more fragile. 

Adding damage to your delicate strands are the chemical contents of various products on hand.
From shampoo to conditioner and hair treatment, down to styling goods to groom it to your
liking, their harsh synthetic materials jeopardize the natural oil and luster of your mane.

Because you are what you eat, the fate of your crowning glory is in the plate. Your diet must
have the correct balance of vitamins and minerals to supply hair with all that it needs to become
shiny and strong. So don’t overindulge, especially this time of the year when gastronomic feasts
are spread almost everywhere you go. Be careful on what you take in, thinking that it’s also
what you feed your ‘do.

Even stress can wear off the beauty and health of the tress. And that’s exactly what you should
avoid this Yuletide season. Never put pressure on yourself just to please everyone. Just take it
easy, let your hair down and party all night long. 

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